Overview
- Relatives protested outside Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s residence on Sunday, demanding a second autopsy at AIIMS Delhi and refusing last rites until then.
- Police filed an FIR under India’s new criminal code for dowry death and cruelty, formed a Special Investigation Team, and announced a cash reward as they say husband Samarth Singh is absconding.
- An autopsy at AIIMS Bhopal cites death by antemortem hanging and notes multiple blunt‑force injuries, and the report records that the ligature was not supplied for the initial examination.
- A Bhopal court granted retired judge Giribala Singh anticipatory bail on Friday, and a hearing on Samarth Singh’s pre‑arrest plea is listed for Monday.
- Published chats show Twisha telling friends she felt “trapped,” while her family alleges sustained dowry abuse and pressure to terminate a pregnancy about a week before her death.